Johnson called the Normandy process a "diplomatic imitation"

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the main mistake of the West in relation to Russian President Vladimir Putin. In his opinion, tough measures should have been introduced in 2014, and not start the Normandy Process, which Johnson called "diplomatic imitation."

The words of the ex-premier were heard on the air of the Ukrainian TV channel Rada, to which he gave an interview. This entry was posted on YouTube.

“Sanctions against [Vladimir] Putin should have been introduced in 2014, and we only introduced them in 2022. it would be serious, but we did nothing. What sanctions did we impose then? They launched this diplomatic imitation called the "Norman process" and achieved nothing. And Putin concluded that the West would not stop him. That was the mistake,” Johnson said.

According to the former prime minister, everyone has learned this "fundamental lesson".

“There were countries that participated in the Normandy process, in the MINSK agreements. All this was going nowhere. The biggest lesson people have learned is that we failed in 2014, we didn’t do what we were supposed to do,” Johnson explained.

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The Normandy format, or the Normandy Four, are negotiations on a peaceful settlement of the situation in the southeast of Ukraine with the participation of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France. The Normandy format has been in existence since June 2014. The parties recognize the Minsk agreements and the set of measures agreed within the framework of the format in February 2015 as the basis for the settlement.

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